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Country United Kingdom Set in France Pages 336 Page count 336 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Media type Paperback Originally published 1 October 2009 Genre Children's literature ISBN 0061836656 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publication date January 19, 2010
(first published October 1, 2009) Publishers HarperCollins, Oxford University Press Similar Geraldine McCaughrean books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux is a 2010 book by British children's author Geraldine McCaughrean.
Contents
Plot
The story is about a boy who was to die at fourteen. But, as his fourteenth birthday passes, he is still alive and he begins to unravel the truth as the story goes on. He runs away from his home only to find more devils and angels waiting for him – or are they? None of these angels of death and horses of fire seem to be coming for him. Pepper begins to doubt that he is going to die young - maybe the entire prophecy was a lie?
Awards
It was nominated for the 2011 Carnegie Medal, but was beaten by Patrick Ness' Monsters of Men.
References
The Death-Defying Pepper Roux Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA